50-place grid penalty for Bottas for PU element usage

Doc 17 - Infringement - Car 77 - PU elements

2026 Mexico City Grand Prix

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Summary

Bottas receives a 50-place grid penalty for exceeding the permitted number of Power Unit elements.

Explanation

Car 77 (Valtteri Bottas) has used a fifth Engine (ICE), fifth Turbocharger (TC), fourth Energy Store (ES), fourth Control Electronics Unit (PU-CE), and fourth MGU-K. This exceeds the permitted seasonal allocation, breaching Articles B8.2.2 and B8.2.3 of the FIA F1 Regulations. The stewards imposed a 50-place grid penalty for the next race in which the driver participates, in accordance with Article B8.2.8. The application of the grid penalty is subject to the driver being classified in qualifying, per Article B2.5.4b.iv.

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FIA F1 Regulations - Article B8.2.2
B8.2.2 In each Championship, unless a driver drives for more than one (1) Competitor (Article B8.2.7), and subject to the additions described below, each driver may use no more than: a. 3 engines (ICE): an engine, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be all the components respectively listed as “ICE” and “INC” in the “PU Element” and “Sealed Perimeter” Columns in Appendix C4, with the exception of the components considered as PU- ANC below. b. 3 turbochargers (TC): a turbocharger, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be all the components respectively listed as “TC” and “INC” in the “PU Element” and “Sealed Perimeter” Columns in Appendix C4. c. 3 exhaust sets (EXH): an exhaust set, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be all the components respectively listed as “EXH” and “INC” in the “PU Element” and “Sealed Perimeter” Columns in Appendix C4, with the exception of the components considered as PU- ANC below. The four elements constituting an Exhaust set, deemed to be the left-hand primaries, right-hand primaries, left hand secondary, right hand secondary, will be considered separately for the purposes of this Article. d. 2 energy store units (ES) : an energy store, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be all the components listed as “ES” and “INC” in the “PU Element” and “Sealed Perimeter” Columns in Appendix C4. 2026 Form ula 1: Sporting Regulations 27 February 2026 B 0 SECTION B: SPORTING REGULATIONS e. 2 of each control electronics units (PU-CE): a control electronics unit, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be any of the components listed as “PU-CE” and “INC” in the “PU Element” and “Sealed Perimeter” Columns in Appendix C4, with the exception of the components considered as PU-ANC below. f. 2 MGU-K: MGU-K, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be all the components respectively listed as “MGUK” and “INC” in the “PU Element” and “Sealed Perimeter” Columns in Appendix C4. g. 5 of each Power Unit ancillary components (PU-ANC): a Power Unit ancillary component, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be any of the components listed as “YES” in the “PU-ANC” column in Appendix C4. B8.2.3 Each driver will be permitted to use an additional unit for each of the Power Unit elements listed in
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FIA F1 Regulations - Article B8.2.3
B8.2.3 and B8.2.4 of any one of the elements during a Championship, a grid place penalty will be imposed upon them at the first Competition during which each additional element is used. Penalties will be applied according to the following table and will be cumulative: a. The first time an additional element of each type is used: Ten (10) grid place penalty for the race. b. The next times an additional element of each type is used: Five (5) grid place penalty for the race. 2026 Form ula 1: Sporting Regulations 27 February 2026 B 0 SECTION B: SPORTING REGULATIONS Any of the elements listed in this Article B8.2 will be deemed to have been used once the F1 Car’s timing transponder has shown that it has left the Pit Lane. During any single Competition, if a driver introduces more than one of the same Power Unit element, which is subject to penalties, only the last element fitted may be used at subsequent Competitions without further penalty. B8.2.9 After consultation with the relevant Power Unit Manufacturer the FIA will attach seals to each of the
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FIA F1 Regulations - Article B8.2.8
B8.2.8 Should a driver use more Power Unit elements than the numbers prescribed in Articles B8.2.2, B8.2.3 and B8.2.4 of any one of the elements during a Championship, a grid place penalty will be
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FIA F1 Regulations - Article B2.5.4.iv
B2.5.4 Grid for the Race Session a. The grid for the Race will be formed in accordance with the results of the Qualifying (Article B2.4.2), the Qualifying classification process (Article B2.4.3) and the procedure defined in this
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